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LouAnn, At N.H. College, a small private college, if a student "no shows" a tutor we pay tutor for 1/2 hour. Tutors who staff our "Walk-In Hours" are paid for the time they are there even if no one shows up. Of course we monitor attendance and revise the WALK-IN schedule if needed. Hope this helps, Richard Colfer "Oppitz, LouAnn" wrote: > Hello Everyone, > Sorry that this message is a little after the fact but... > > For what it is worth. We have a Learning Center on the Second floor of our > Library Building. Our center houses the Disabled Student Services, > Assessment/Makeup Testing Center, Math Center, Writing Center, Peer > Tutoring, and VA representative. > > Our Math Center is strictly a drop-in style service. They are open 9:00 - > 6:00 Monday through Thursday and 9:00 - 1:00 on Friday. They have no time > limit on the amount of time they can spend with one student, although they > may help a student get started and then step away for a few moments to help > another student. It is staffed by two paraprofessionals and faculty members > who need to fill out their credit hour load each semester. > > Our Writing Center is a combination of a drop-in and an appointment system. > It is open Monday and Thursday 9:00-6:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00-4:00, > and Friday 9:00-1:00. Most of the tutoring is done on a drop-in basis > because from its inception that is how the center was operated. The > appointments are for 25 minutes segments, and the student is able to sign up > for a tutor of his/her choice. This center is staffed by two > paraprofessionals who are also part-time English instructors. In the past > with varying success, we have had instructors of many different disciplines > put in time in the Writing Center to fill out their credit hour load. Peer > Tutors are also assigned to the Writing Center to help fill out the hours of > operation. > > Through the Peer Tutoring Office tutors are assigned to students for > specific hours, usually one hour > (actually 50 minutes) twice a week. We are not allowed to offer a drop-in > service because of the payment issue. Our director of the Learning Center > does not feel that a tutor should be paid for an hour if he/she sits and > does homework because no students came in for help. However, no-shows on > the part of the students are frequent, so we do pay the tutor a half hour > for just showing up even if the student is a no-show. If a student is a > no-show twice within a semester, he/she is dropped from the program until > the next semester. > > For the first time we did offer a Peer Tutoring program during the summer of > 1999 on a drop-in basis. We only had three tutors, each available for 15 > hours per week. We chose tutors who had been attending the college for a > few years and were able to tutor a variety of classes. Then we advertised > which tutors were available which hours. It was basically successful, but > in the future, we need to market our program on a much wider basis. The > students had a list of other projects to work on in the event no students > showed up during their assigned hours. > > *My question is what do other schools do when students don't show up for > their tutoring appointments. Are the tutors paid anyway? I would like some > input also in this matter. How are tutors paid who work at drop-in centers? > Are they paid for just sitting there or only for the time they spend helping > someone? > > Thank you, > > LouAnn Oppitz > Peer Tutor Coordinator > Inver Hills Community College > Inver Grove Heights MN -- Richard Colfer, Director The Learning Center New Hampshire College 2500 N. River Rd. Manchester, NH 03106